Liraglutide and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes

Steven P. Marso, Gilbert H. Daniels, Kirstine Brown‐Frandsen, Peter Lommer Kristensen, Johannes F.E. Mann, Michael A. Nauck, Steven E. Nissen, Stuart Pocock, Neil R Poulter, Lasse Steen Ravn,

New England Journal of Medicine · 2016 · 7K citations · 15 references

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Abstract

In the time-to-event analysis, the rate of the first occurrence of death from cardiovascular causes, nonfatal myocardial infarction, or nonfatal stroke among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus was lower with liraglutide than with placebo. (Funded by Novo Nordisk and the National Institutes of Health; LEADER ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01179048.).

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